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Posts tagged with 'magic' at MetaFilter.Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:41:24 -0800Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:41:24 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Ganges Delta Blues - from A Meeting By The Riverhttp://www.metafilter.com/147244/Ganges%2DDelta%2DBlues%2Dfrom%2DA%2DMeeting%2DBy%2DThe%2DRiver
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og5PdU2V7cA&amp;index=8&amp;list=PLVuqDyiKIAxydlVtjmvYtHum_gUy_EkM9">This is a piece of magical music VooDoo by Ry Cooder and VM Bhatt.</a> A Meeting by the River can best be described as a spontaneous outpouring of music, unhindered by convention or form, brought into being by musicians so supremely capable that the music is never labored, the technique of their craft always subservient to the final product.
Cooder and Bhatt are genuine masters of the guitar and mohan vina, respectively. The latter, an instrument created by Bhatt himself, is a sort of hybrid between a guitar and a vichitra vina, and is played with a metal slide.
This fact is just one of the many things that connect Bhatt's playing to Cooder's, who plays nothing but bottleneck guitar here. The musical interplay between Cooder and Bhatt is nothing short of astounding, especially so considering that they met for the first time only a half-hour before the recording of this album.
The whole album is great, but this track sticks with you. It takes a while to get cooking, but at about 1:58 you are in it. This is all live, and one take. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.147244Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:41:24 -0800bobdowNetrunnerhttp://www.metafilter.com/146405/Netrunner
You probably know <a href="http://www.vice.com/read/an-interview-with-richard-garfield-creator-of-magic-the-gathering">Richard Garfield as the creator of Magic: The Gathering.</a> But his <a href="http://www.netrunneronline.com/forum/?thread=2038">favorite creation</a> is actually <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/techcol/0219techcol.html">Netrunner,</a> intended to be a "richer game" with bluffing and skill <a href="http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/design-lessons-poker-richard-garfield">"more like Poker."</a> Android: Netrunner is an <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/post/176559-asymmetry-and/">asymmetrical</a> <a href="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_npm_sec.asp?eidm=14&esem=1">Living Card Game</a> based on the original Netrunner <a href="http://daman-asha.livejournal.com/25221.html">(which still has its fans).</a>
Set in a cyberpunk future, you play a megacorp using <a href="http://thesatelliteuplink.blogspot.com/2014/02/shields-up-understanding-ice.html?">"ICE"
</a>to protect servers hiding company agendas (like <a href="http://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/05007">The Future Perfect</a> and <a href="http://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/01094">Hostile Takeover</a>)
or the hacker <a href="http://teamcovenant.com/boshek/2013/02/04/netrunner-1001-intro-to-running/">"runner"</a> trying to steal them.
Chose from <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Netrunner/wiki/player_guide">five megacorps and three runner factions</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAslVfZ9p-Y">get</a> <a href="http://www.diceonfire.com/2013/05/a-quick-guide-to-netrunner.html?m=1">started</a> with a few <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Netrunner/wiki/buyingguide">data packs</a>, <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/20340/jargon-netrunner">important jargon,</a> <a href="http://netrunnerdb.com">and</a> <a href="http://teamcovenant.com/saetzero/2014/09/09/concepts-and-ideas-to-help-you-build-your-first-pair-of-decks/">deck</a>-<a href="http://daman-asha.livejournal.com/29034.html">building.</a>
For the initiated, prepare for this year's <a href="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=5323">regional championships</a> and read up on <a href="http://teamcovenant.com/flaminghito/2013/06/26/a-new-model-for-card-analysis/">quantitative analyses of cards,</a> <a href="http://stimhack.com/a-comparison-of-event-based-runner-economies-in-anr/">runner</a> <a href="http://netrunner-math.blogspot.com/2013/04/runner-economy-cards.html">economies</a>, <a href="http://netrunner-math.blogspot.com/2013/05/corporation-economy-cards.html">corporation economies,</a> <a href="http://sneakdoor.com/">ICE and icebreakers,</a> <a href="http://stimhack.com/playing-the-opening/">opening moves,</a> <a href="http://thesatelliteuplink.blogspot.com/2014/06/lucky-is-as-lucky-does-study-in-variance.html">studies in variance,</a> and the <a href="http://stimhack.com/quantanr-analysis-of-a-changing-meta/">ever-changing metagame.</a>
Still not sure? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zrZNyNKyYs">Watch the Worlds 2014 Final</a> <a href="http://stimhack.com/2014-world-championship-report-1st-place/">(or read the champ's recap)</a> and practice online using <a href="http://www.tuism.com/octgn-netrunner-fool-proof-guide/">OCTGN</a> or <a href="http://jinteki.net">newcomer Jinteki.net,</a> a browser-based version <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/rpkhxafgile5spp/Cards%20status.xlsx">in development</a> by World Champion finalist <a href="https://twitter.com/mtgred">Minh Tran.</a> And as always, beware <a href="http://i.imgur.com/oz71r1d.gif?1">Scorched Earth.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146405Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:06:04 -0800SoupInto the indestructible realm of mystery and dreamhttp://www.metafilter.com/145091/Into%2Dthe%2Dindestructible%2Drealm%2Dof%2Dmystery%2Dand%2Ddream
<a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/steven_millhauser/index.html">Steven Millhauser</a> is an American <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/steven_millhauser/index.html">Pulitzer Prize-winning</a> fiction author known for his erudite, witty and surreal writing style that blends the <a href="http://illusorypromise.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/thirty-years-of-magical-mystery-in-millhausers-stories/">magical and the real</a>. Enjoy the <a href="http://www.rakahn.com/shared/llusionist.pdf">full text of Eisenheim The Illusionist</a> (pdf, 20 pages), the story that inspired the 2006 film <a href="http://www.landmarktheatres.com/mn/illusionist.html">The Illusionist</a>. An <a href="http://www.openlatch.com/LATCH%20%28Vol.%204,%202011,%20Ingersoll,%20Film%20Magic,%20pp.%2089-109,%20IP%20Mar%29.pdf">analysis of the story and its conversion into film</a>: "Film Magic: Neil Burger's film <em>The Illusionist</em> and Steven Millhauser's Short Story 'Eisenheim The Illusionist' (pdf, 21 pages):
"In his interviews, Neil Burger, the director of the film <em>The Illusionist,</em> (2006), offers some fascinating insights into the making of the film, the connections between magic and film, and the challenges of film adaptation."
<a href="http://bombmagazine.org/article/2557/steven-millhauser">Jim Shepherd of BOMB Magazine interviews Steven Millhauser.</a>
For a preview of more of his creative work, <a href="http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2008/10/dangerous_laugh.shtml">Strange Horizons reviews the book Dangerous Laughter: 13 Stories</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.145091Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:00:38 -0800quiet earthhyperconnected: your brain on shroomshttp://www.metafilter.com/144902/hyperconnected%2Dyour%2Dbrain%2Don%2Dshrooms
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/magic-mushrooms-change-brain-connections-2014-10">How Tripping On Mushrooms Changes The Brain</a> - "<a href="http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/101/20140873">New research</a> [<a href="http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/101/20140873.full.pdf+html">pdf</a>] suggests that psilocybin, the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, sprouts <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neuronal-superhub-might-generate-consciousness/">new links</a> across previously disconnected brain regions, temporarily altering the brain's entire organizational framework." also btw...
<ul><li><a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/3038145/heres-what-your-brain-looks-like-on-magic-mushrooms">Paul Expert</a>: "We plan to extend our analysis to other 'drugs' dataset like ketamine, LSD, MDMA."</li>
<li><a href="http://www.livescience.com/48502-magic-mushrooms-change-brain-networks.html">Mitul Mehta</a>: "Through studies such as these we can really begin to tackle the questions of <a href="http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/10/28/book-club-does-the-self-exist-ctd-2/">how we achieve coherent experiences of ourselves</a> in the world around us, and understand what makes this break down."</li></ul> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144902Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:43:25 -0800kliulesslonger than the Bible and with a better afterlife scenariohttp://www.metafilter.com/144092/longer%2Dthan%2Dthe%2DBible%2Dand%2Dwith%2Da%2Dbetter%2Dafterlife%2Dscenario
<a href="http://aeon.co/magazine/culture/alan-moore-i-am-in-charge-of-this-universe/">Alan Moore's <i>Jerusalem</i></a> - "The frequently confusing cross-currents of Moore's late work make <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/10/alan-moore-finishes-million-word-novel-watchmen-v-for-vendetta">much more sense</a>, in fact, <a href="http://video.ft.com/3865337779001/Mike-Leighs-Turner-biopic-reviewed/Life-And-Arts">when one sees</a> them not just as entertainment products but as <a href="http://thequietus.com/articles/15462-alan-moore-interview-iain-sinclair">attempts at building</a> a better reality." tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144092Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:32:22 -0800kliulessGoblins: how do they work?http://www.metafilter.com/144049/Goblins%2Dhow%2Ddo%2Dthey%2Dwork
<a href="http://www.maxgladstone.com/2014/10/goblins-the-fungal-body-politic">Max Gladstone ponders goblins</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144049Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:21:26 -0800boo_radleyDo you think I should confess? To what? Committing masterpieces?http://www.metafilter.com/143794/Do%2Dyou%2Dthink%2DI%2Dshould%2Dconfess%2DTo%2Dwhat%2DCommitting%2Dmasterpieces
<blockquote>Ladies and gentleman, by way of introduction, this is a film about trickery, fraud, about lies. Tell it by the fireside or in a marketplace or in a movie, almost any story is almost certainly some kind of lie. But not this time. This is a promise. For the next hour, everything you hear from us is really true and based on solid fact.</blockquote>
Orson Welles' cinematic confidence scam, <em>F for Fake</em>, gets <a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/908-f-for-fake">a new two disc Blu-Ray Criterion Collection</a> release this year. Ben Sampson offers a visual analysis</em> in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c51P0vjseo">two</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDBwpwjYhR4">parts</a>, breaking down the film's layers of paradoxes. As for the film itself... Welles begins by picking up the pieces of a project by Francois Reichenbach, examining the infamous art forger Elmyr de Hory, only to find Clifford Irving in his entourage. Irving, of course, was already planning his own titanic fraud, a fake biography of Howard Hughes. This sends Welles on a seventy-seven minute odyssey into the nature of fakes and of trickery, even revisiting Welles' own "War of the Worlds" hoax. It's an elaborate fun house mirror of a film, ruminating on art and fakery.
Check out the restoration of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMkZWWLHGXU">Welles' own never-used original trailer</a>.
The re-release is also available streaming on <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/223242">Hulu Plus</a> or in an older release (with Spanish subtitles) on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWZUG0-nn_Q">YouTube</a>.
<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/95471/Vrits-et-mensonges">Previously</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.143794Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:17:40 -0800DirtyOldTown.../\ /.\.. ../.\ ./.\. ..???http://www.metafilter.com/142726/
Yann Frisch. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy0T-55dru4">Vivement dimanche</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JI03MW3Oms">Le Plus Grand Cabaret Du Monde</a>, <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17bt0a_world-champion-of-magic-yann-frisch-cabinet-de-curiosites_tv">Champion du Monde de Magie</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.142726Sun, 14 Sep 2014 04:11:46 -0800twoleftfeetThe Millionaire's Magicianhttp://www.metafilter.com/142639/The%2DMillionaires%2DMagician
Most people have probably never seen the magic of Steve Cohen, who for 14 years has held court in a private suite at the Waldorf-Astoria, to sold-out crowds of "celebrities, royalty, government officials, and other VIPs." But bits of his "<a href="http://www.chambermagic.com/">Chamber Magic</a>" show are available online to marvel at. From <a href="http://www.chambermagic.com/in-the-media">a Vanity Fair profile</a>: <em>If it’s Vegas-style magic you prefer—in the Criss Angel-vein—Cohen’s understated approach might not be to your liking. There are no special pyrotechnical effects, no lasers, no loud rock music with bands that have umlauts in their title; all that stands between the audience and Cohen is a few feet and a silver dollar, a tea kettle, or a single pack of cards.</em>
Video appearances: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quoJxg9fSBk">CBS Sunday Morning</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpSAI29kCog">David Letterman</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=troB7B8_bMg">Stage Rush</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIIxomLrycg&list=UUmkgVfk-gwOv1ro8atluEjw">History Channel's "Lost Magic"</a> (that clip from <a href="http://www.historychannel.com.au/tv-shows/1257/lost-magic-decoded/cast">a two-hour special</a> Cohen hosted for the channel.) tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.142639Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:47:20 -0800jbickers"My heroes have always been pocket cowboys."http://www.metafilter.com/142016/My%2Dheroes%2Dhave%2Dalways%2Dbeen%2Dpocket%2Dcowboys
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0ncVqrd8M">Please enjoy six minutes of Willie Nelson performing a card trick.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.142016Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:49:26 -0800Atom EyesPlaying Magic with Geek Friendshttp://www.metafilter.com/141995/Playing%2DMagic%2Dwith%2DGeek%2DFriends
So all of your friends have either just started playing Magic: the Gathering or have picked it up again or else admitted to having played it continually for twenty years now, and eyes are glazing over as they discuss bomb rares and 2-for-1s and mana flooding and drafting. You're not sure if you actually want to immerse yourself in this but you can't know for sure without, well, immersing yourself in it. <em>We've all been there.</em> Thankfully, Felicia Day's <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/">Geek &amp; Sundry</a> channel has a show for you - <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/shows/spellslingers">Spellslingers!</a> Host Day[9] (a.k.a. Sean Plott) explains the basics of how to play, what types of cards do what, and general strategy over a series of games with internet celebrities, with great production values and a lot of good humor.
Episode 1.1: <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/shows/spellslingers/day9-vs.-rob-simpson-in-magic-the-gathering-spellslingers-episode-1/">Blizzard's Rob Simpson</a>
Episode 1.2: <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/shows/spellslingers/day9-vs.-nasa-mohawk-guy-in-magic-the-gathering-spellslingers-ep-2/">NASA's Bobak Ferdowski</a>
Episode 1.3: <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/shows/spellslingers/day9-vs.-jesse-cox-in-magic-the-gathering-spellslingers-ep-3/">Comedian Jesse Cox</a>
Episode 1.4: <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/shows/spellslingers/day9-vs.-michele-boyd-in-magic-the-gathering-spellslingers-ep-4/">Actress Michelle Boyd</a>
Episode 1.5: <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/shows/spellslingers/day9-vs.-felicia-day-in-magic-the-gathering-spellslingers-ep-5/">Felicia Day Herself</a>
Episode 1.6: <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/shows/spellslingers/day9-vs.-grant-imahara-in-magic-the-gathering-spellslingers-ep-6/">Mythbusters' Grant Imahara</a>
Episode 2.1: <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/shows/spellslingers/day9-vs.-greg-miller-in-magic-the-gathering-spellslingers-season-2-ep-1/">IGN's Greg Miller</a>
Episode 2.2: <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/shows/spellslingers/day9-vs.-josh-barnett-in-magic-the-gathering-spellslingers-season-2-ep-2/">MMA Fighter Josh Barnett</a>
Episode 2.3: <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/shows/spellslingers/day9-vs.-allie-brosh-in-magic-the-gathering-spellslingers-season-2-ep-3/">Hyperbole and a Half's Allie Brosh</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141995Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:49:34 -0800NavelgazerThe Incorrigible Reprobate of Twentieth Century Publishinghttp://www.metafilter.com/141984/The%2DIncorrigible%2DReprobate%2Dof%2DTwentieth%2DCentury%2DPublishing
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._W._de_Laurence">L. W. De Laurence</a> has been called "<a href="http://library.hrmtc.com/tag/nicholas-bishop-culpeper/">the incorrigible reprobate of twentieth century publishing</a>" but <a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22De%20Laurence%2C%20L.%20W.%20%28Lauron%20William%29%2C%20b.%201868%22">his extensive and well-written catalog, and the books he offered on subjects ranging from mind-control to Hindoo magic,</a> had an immense influence over <a href="http://www.luckymojo.com/altarcloth.html">American voodoo and hoodoo</a>, as well as <a href="http://www.anngel.com/ACIJ/history-delaurence.htm">Jamaican obeah.</a> The general hatred for De Laurence seems to stem primarily from his plagiarizing of magic-related texts by other famous authors.
While this sort of act was frowned upon, at the time that he was operating it was all perfectly legal; the only thing he did that was not, was the actual selling of occult products by mail. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1572331100/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">Carolyn Morrow Long's book <em>Spiritual Merchants</em> contains excerpts from the trial.</a> The lawsuit didn't seem to stop the De Laurence company, however. They continued going strong for many years, even outlasting the companies that manufactured most of their original perfumes and incenses.
<a href="http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/The.de.Laurence.Co.513-861-9552/review/list">The De Laurence Company is still in business</a> but no longer produces <a href="http://www.churchofgoodluck.com/De_Laurence_Catalog.html">the fancy catalog</a> and appears to have turned its 21st century focus toward jewelry making. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141984Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:26:19 -0800Peregrine PickleOrchestrate Illusions (Superpermuter)http://www.metafilter.com/141822/Orchestrate%2DIllusions%2DSuperpermuter
<a href="http://www.njohnston.ca/2013/04/the-minimal-superpermutation-problem/">The Minimal Superpermutation Problem</a> - <em>Imagine that there is a TV series that you want to watch. The series consists of n episodes, with each episode on a single DVD. Unfortunately, however, the DVDs have become mixed up and the order of the episodes is in no way marked (and furthermore, the episodes of the TV show are not connected by any continuous storyline – there is no way to determine the order of the episodes just from watching them). Suppose that you want to watch the episodes of the TV series, consecutively, in the correct order. The question is: how many episodes must you watch in order to do this?</em> There's relatively written about these but one of the most interesting places you can read about them is in <a href="http://chance.amstat.org/2012/11/interview-with-persi-diaconis/">Magical Mathematics</a> (that's a link to a very enjoyable interview about the book with Perci Diaconis, coauthor with Ron Graham). tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141822Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:19:40 -0800WolfdogThe Norwegian for 'Museum Filter' might be 'Museum Filter'http://www.metafilter.com/141285/The%2DNorwegian%2Dfor%2DMuseum%2DFilter%2Dmight%2Dbe%2DMuseum%2DFilter
Norway seems to be particularly good at making interesting museums. If you're touring, the museum of <a href="http://www.tryllemuseet.no/">magic</a> is spell-binding. The museum of <a href="http://www.muho.no/salhus-trikotasjefabrikk/">knitting</a> is a real purl. The <a href="http://www.norskolje.museum.no/index.asp">petroleum</a> museum is a gas. The Lofoten <a href="http://www.lofoten-info.no/stockfish.htm">Stockfish</a> museum is off the hook. And the Norsk <a href="http://www.museumstavanger.no/museene/norsk-hermetikkmuseum/">Hermetickk</a>-museum is about the history of sealing things in cans. The <a href="http://www.frammuseum.no/">Fram</a> manages to polarise audiences. The <a href="http://www.alta.museum.no/sider/tekst.asp?side=24">Alta Rock Art</a> museum is etched into memory, while the <a href="http://www.folgefonna.info/en/attractions/stone-park">Rosendal Stone Park</a> is heavyweight (and not at all erratic). tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141285Fri, 25 Jul 2014 03:02:24 -0800JoeruckusReal or Magichttp://www.metafilter.com/141005/Real%2Dor%2DMagic
Sometimes the best thing about David Blaine's magic tricks are the reactions he elicits. A rather <em>Regarding Henry</em>-ish <a href="http://youtu.be/rB0wzy-xbwM">Harrison Ford</a>: "Get the fuck outta my house." A predictably overwrought <a href="http://youtu.be/oLAs11gkqKE">Ricky Gervais</a>: "Oh for fuck's sake!" Or maybe you just enjoy seeing someone manhandling <a href="http://youtu.be/0vzuDkjtDOY">George W. Bush</a> while the President maintains a look of childlike wonder. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141005Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:43:20 -0800paleyellowwithorangeThe Fox, The Madien, The River, And The Witchhttp://www.metafilter.com/140382/The%2DFox%2DThe%2DMadien%2DThe%2DRiver%2DAnd%2DThe%2DWitch
Leigh Bardugo writes haunting, Eastern-European inspired fairy tales (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/116765/Gingerbread-House">Previously</a>) often highlighting the experience of women in a unfair world. Tor.com presents two new stories, the somber "<a href="http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/06/the-too-clever-fox">The Too-Clever Fox</a>" and the subversive "<a href="http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/06/little-knife-leigh-bardugo">Little Knife</a>." tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.140382Tue, 01 Jul 2014 09:35:57 -0800The WhelkHow an Austronesian Concept Became a Video Game Mechanichttp://www.metafilter.com/139986/How%2Dan%2DAustronesian%2DConcept%2DBecame%2Da%2DVideo%2DGame%2DMechanic
"The concept is a staple of the global culture of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Goes_Away">fantasy novels</a> and <a href="http://www.wowwiki.com/Mana">video games</a>, many of which feature a blue bar of magical energy called '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana">mana</a>.'
"But how did this happen? How did a concept from Pago Pago become part of global gaming culture? How did an Austronesian spiritual force come on board the Exodar, and become part of the life of my draenei shaman?" <a href="http://theappendix.net/issues/2014/4/the-history-of-mana-how-an-austronesian-concept-became-a-video-game-mechanic">A lengthy look at the history of "mana," from Pacific Islanders to RPGs and trading card games</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.139986Tue, 17 Jun 2014 13:49:13 -0800jbickersNathan for Youhttp://www.metafilter.com/139925/Nathan%2Dfor%2DYou
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/magazine/nathan-fielder.html">Nathan Fielder's Ingenious Dumb Humor</a> - "How the star of Comedy Central's 'Nathan for You' makes the most of uncomfortable moments." (<a href="https://twitter.com/andrewmason/status/477117481601880064">via</a>; previously <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/120122/Thatll-do-pig-Thatll-do">1</a>,<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/127429/were-not-bailing-you-out-again">2</a>,<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/136484/Id-like-a-dumb-grande-wuppy-duppy-latte-extra-hot-please">3</a>) tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.139925Sat, 14 Jun 2014 09:41:28 -0800kliulessStop it! Stop making kittens!http://www.metafilter.com/139481/Stop%2Dit%2DStop%2Dmaking%2Dkittens
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNqwyv4BuhY">MagiCATastrophe</a> , in which a birthday party magician discovers his secret power. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.139481Thu, 29 May 2014 15:46:25 -0800desjardinsand, with a quaint device, the feast vanishes.http://www.metafilter.com/139105/and%2Dwith%2Da%2Dquaint%2Ddevice%2Dthe%2Dfeast%2Dvanishes
<blockquote>“Putting magic at the center of a play about a magician doesn’t seem like that radical a choice,” explained Teller’s &#0160;co-director and co-adapter Aaron Posner.&#0160;<a href="http://artery.wbur.org/2014/05/14/tell-the-tempest-cambridge-art">"But in the history, at least the modern history of producing 'The Tempest', it is a radical choice."</a></blockquote> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.139105Thu, 15 May 2014 00:22:32 -0800divabatnow you smell it... now you don't!http://www.metafilter.com/137669/now%2Dyou%2Dsmell%2Dit%2Dnow%2Dyou%2Ddont
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEQXeLjY9ak">Magic for Dogs</a> by Jose Ahonen tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.137669Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:00:41 -0800moonmilkI'd Rather Be Burned As A Witch Than Never Be Burned At Allhttp://www.metafilter.com/137277/Id%2DRather%2DBe%2DBurned%2DAs%2DA%2DWitch%2DThan%2DNever%2DBe%2DBurned%2DAt%2DAll
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCBuKYPJCbA">A montage of famous witches set to Eartha Kitt</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.137277Fri, 07 Mar 2014 09:10:24 -0800The WhelkSuffer A Witch To Live!http://www.metafilter.com/136191/Suffer%2DA%2DWitch%2DTo%2DLive
<a href="http://witchsona.tumblr.com/">Witchsona Week is a week for artists, doodlers, webcomicers, and more to draw themselves as witches.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.136191Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:06:58 -0800The Whelk"Whoa! That was crazy!"http://www.metafilter.com/135684/Whoa%2DThat%2Dwas%2Dcrazy
Through the power of clever editing, forced perspective and some other subtle tricks, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI-MIhsx1xg">Zack King has a "magic" Vine compilation that is excellently entertaining</a>. <small>[slyt]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.135684Thu, 16 Jan 2014 06:29:41 -0800quinP.L Travers, Walt Disney and the "Brand Deposit"http://www.metafilter.com/134899/PL%2DTravers%2DWalt%2DDisney%2Dand%2Dthe%2DBrand%2DDeposit
Is <a href="http://thedissolve.com/reviews/426-saving-mr-banks/">Saving Mr. Banks</a>, Disney's retelling of <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/12/19/051219fa_fact1?currentPage=all&mobify=0">the events surrounding the adaptation of Mary Poppins</a> a <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/2013-12-12/film-tv/saving-mr-banks-mary-poppins/">corporate, borderline-sexist spoonful of lies</a> which <a href="http://sdsuchildlit.blogspot.com/2013/12/saving-mr-banks-but-throwing-pl-travers.html">throws</a> author <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._L._Travers">P. L. Travers</a> under the bus? tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.134899Wed, 18 Dec 2013 16:18:51 -0800Artw